This Week In Security: AI Generated Reports, More AI Generated Reports, GitHub Chaos, And More Linux Vulnerabilities

Google’s Project Zero demonstrates a new zero-click exploit for the Pixel 10 phones, showing a full escalation from remote to kernel without user interaction. During the investigation Project Zero found …read more

Tech In Plain Sight: The Mechanics Of String Trimmers

My old friend Jeff was always vocally upset that he didn’t come up with the idea of a string trimmer, commonly known as a Weed Eater or Weed Whacker. On …read more

Magnets Are Bad For Hardware Again

If you were around tech in the bad old days, magnets could be really bad news. They were fine on the fridge, no problem at all. Put one near a …read more

Spy Tech: A Quiet Radio For Spies

Normally, when you think of a radio transmitter, you want the strongest signal and range. But if your radio operator is secretly operating as a spy, broadcasting their position isn’t …read more

Between-Device Sharing Still Sucks

Once upon a time, computing was simple. You had files on a floppy disk. If you wanted to take them to a different computer, you ejected the disk from one …read more

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Bring Back Your Bose With An ESP32

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By Jenny List | May 28, 2026

It’s become a familiar theme over the last couple of decades — hardware is rendered useless when its manufacturer pulls the cloud service on which it depends. This is particularly …read more
Linux Fu: Fake Webcams Have Many Uses

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By Al Williams | May 28, 2026

Dealing with text streams is a fundamental skill for the Linux power user. You can sort, merge, and search text files easily from the command line. What if you could …read more
Virtual Museum Hosts Every OS You Haven’t Heard Of

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By Tyler August | May 28, 2026

OK, every operating system is a bit of a stretch — Windows Vista notably didn’t make the cut — but [Andrew]’s Virtual OS museum has a good claim to being …read more
Testing LFP Battery Failure Modes With Overcharging

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By Maya Posch | May 28, 2026

As great as batteries are, it’s essential to understand their risks and how to keep them from going spicy. Recently there has been a bit of a fuss about the …read more
Decoding The Tianwen-2 Sample Return Mission’s Telemetry Signal

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By Maya Posch | May 27, 2026

China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission launched on 28 May of 2025 and is scheduled to arrive at its target – near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo’oalewa – in June 2026. This gives …read more
Linux Distributions And Who Is Responsible For The Software

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By Maya Posch | May 27, 2026

The topic of downstream and upstream is an important one in the Linux ecosystem, where from one base distribution you can go many layers of distros deep before even looking …read more
Autopsy Of A Failed Vintage Carbon Resistor

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By Maya Posch | May 27, 2026

Although resistors are hardly among the most exciting components, they are arguably one of the most important ones, as anyone who has done any amount of circuit design and debugging …read more

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